When Is a Graded PI Algebra a PI Algebra?

Let \(G\) be a monoid with unity \(e\) and cancellation, and let \(F\) be a commutative ring with 1. The \(F\)-algebra \(R\) is called almost \(G\)-graded, if \(R=\sum_{g\in G}R_g\), where \(R_g\) are \(F\)-submodules of \(R\) such that \(R_gR_h\subseteq R_{gh}\). (If the sum is direct, then \(R\) is \(G\)-graded in the usual sense.) The grading is finite if \(R\) has a finite number of nonzero components \(R_g\). The \(G\)-graded algebra is strongly \(G\)-graded if \(1\in R_e\), \(g^{-1}\) exists for all \(g\) with \(R_g\not=0\) and \(R_gR_{g^{-1}}=R_e\). The main results of the paper under review concern algebras satisfying a \(G\)-graded polynomial identity and generalize well known results giving that, under some conditions, the existence of \(G\)-graded identities implies an ordinary polynomial identity. The authors study almost \(G\)-graded \(F\)-algebras with finite \(G\)-grading satisfying a \(G\)-graded identity in the cases when \(R\) is prime, when both \(R\) and \(R_e\) are prime and when \(R\) is strongly \(G\)-graded. As a consequence, if \(R\) is strongly \(G\)-graded with finite \(G\)-grading and satisfies a \(G\)-graded polynomial identity, then \(R\) is a PI-algebra. The authors give examples which illustrate the necessarity of some of the conditions in their main results.

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